At least seven police of Minneapolis have resigned and seven others are in the process of doing so in the face of what they consider a lack of support from the department and city leaders at the time were growing more intense protests by the death of the african-american George Floyd.
The expolicías and police officers present told the newspaper, the Minneapolis Star Tribune that the agents are upset with the decision of the mayor Jacob Frey leaving the station of the Third Precinct during the protests. The protesters set fire to the building after the departure of the officers.
The protesters also threw bricks and insulted the policemen. Several officers and protesters have been injured.
The Departamento of Human Rights Minnesota opened this month, an investigation by the city Police Department on civil rights and the FBI are investigating whether the police deprived deliberately to Floyd of their civil rights.
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For decades, the department has faced allegations of brutality and other forms of discrimination against african-american and other minorities. A majority of the members of the City Council supports the dismantling or remove funds to the department.
The agents “do not feel valued,” said Mylan Masson, a retired police officer of Minneapolis and expert in use of force. “Now all hate the police. All”.
The assistant police chief Henry Halvorson pointed out earlier this month in an e-mail addressed to the supervisors that some agents have simply abandoned the job without presenting the appropriate documentation, which has led to confusion about who is still working in the force and who is not.
The spokesman of the police of Minneapolis, John Elder, downplayed the resignations.
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“There is nothing to make us believe that the numbers at this time are so large that going to be problematic,” said Elder. “People are leaving jobs for a variety of reasons — the MPD (Minneapolis Police Department) is not the exception.”
Floyd died on may 25, after police arrested him on suspicion of attempting to pay with a fake banknote of 20 dollars in a supermarket. A video recorded by a passer-by with their cell phone displays to Floyd face down in the street, while the police officer Derek Chauvin, of the white race, she pushed her neck with a knee for a few minutes. You can listen to when Floyd complains that he can’t breathe before fading.
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